Overview

Course material

We will use the book

  • [ML] Machine Learning, From the Classics to Deep Networks, Transformers, and Diffusion Models, 3rd edition, by Sergios Theodoridis, 2025. Download online from DTU Findit, or, the book can be purchased in polyteknisk bookstore at 10% discount.

As background material for the digital signal processing parts, we will use

Course outline by lecture module

Week Topic Material (ML)
1 Digital signal processing, probability theory, machine learning 1.1–2.3
2 Matrix derivatives, constrained optimization, parameter estimation 3.1–3.3, 3.5, 3.8–3.11, A.1–A.2, C.1–C.2
3 Linear filtering 2.4, 4.1–4.3, 4.5–4.7
4 Adaptive filtering, LMS 2.6, 5.1–5.5.1, 5.9, 5.12
5 Adaptive filtering, RLS 6.1–6.3, 6.5–6.8, 6.12
6 Sparsity aware learning 8.2, 8.10.1–8.10.2, 9.1–9.5, 9.9
7 Shrinkage algorithms, Time-frequency analysis 10.1–10.2, 10.5–10.6
8 Dictionary learning, ICA, k-svd 2.5, 19.1–19.3, 19.5–19.7
9 Bayesian Modeling and EM 11.2, 12.1–12.2, 12.4–12.5, 12.10
10 State-space models, Hidden Markov models 15.1–15.3.1, 15.7, 16.4–16.5
11 State-space models, Kalman filter 4.9–4.9.1, 4.10, 17.3
12 Kernel methods, Kernel ridge regression 11.1–11.5, 11.7
13 Kernel methods, Support vector regression 11.8